Water-closet-ventilating device.



PATENTED MAY 21, 1907. A. T.'LUEOKENBAGH.

WATER CLOSET VBNTILATINGDEVIGB.

AP1?LIOATION FILED JAN. 10, 1907.

WITNESSES: INVENTOR 73 Q Ar laq Tluclgaqhach, g QMQ, By

- ITTORNEY UNITED sTA'TEs ANTONT. LUECKENBACH,

or NEENAH, .WisooNsIN."

WATE R-CI OST-VENTILATING DEVICE.

V Specification of Letters Patent.

I Application filed an ary 10,1907. Serial No. 351,686.

rammed May 21, 1907.

To all whom it may concern.

.Be it-known that I, ANTON T. LUEGKENT BACH, a citizen of the United States. residin at Neenah, in the county of Winnebago an specification.

State of Wisconsin, have invented a new and useful Improvement ina Water-Oloset-Vem tilating Device, of which the following is a My invention relates to a detachable ventilatin device, for application to water closet lzowla suoh as are already installed, and is adapted to be inserted between the seat and bowl top'in various styles of bowls and their'fixtures, and it consists of a rectangularconductor formed of thin sheet metal,

' and ada ted to be inserted between the seat and bow to at the rear end of the bowl, the forwardon of the conductor bein curved "to correspond ap roximately, with t e curve of the inside of t e bowl, and at its rear end having integral with it and arran ed transversely of it, a tube, both ends 0 the tube being '0 en, one end being rovided with a detacha le cover and the ot or being adapted to connect with a pipe leading to a chimney or other suitable ventilating flue, saiddevice being adapted to be applied to a bowl top either side up and either pne of its ends to be connected with a ventilating flue, and in combination with said conductona l iral ity of curved se ments adapted to be secured to theunder side of the seat, so as to be di-- rectly over'the bowl top when the seat is' closed down, and to extend from the mouth of said conductor at one side, around. the

, sides and'fr'ont of theseat to the other side, I and to receive upon their lower side a plu- -low said segments and rality of rubber cushions which project be- H rovide. a space around the bowl ior the adiinission of'a supply of air for producing the necessary draft through the, conductor, the device being shown in the, accompanying drawing, in

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Figure 1: is a plan of a bowl top with its seat and cover removed and the conductor and ventilating pipe in position. Fig. 2' is a front view or elevation, of a bowl top'with the conductor and ventilating pipe in positionythe seat bein raised and showing'the curved segments t'ereon. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the upper part of a bowl with its "seat and its cover closed, and my miprove merit applied to it, the seat and bowl top hat.

' "aniodification of Fig; 2. Fig.4 is a side p ovation of the upper part of afbowl, .;top,

siil e seat being a modification of Fi 3 and the a conductor being applied the ot er side up. Fig. 5 is an end view of the tubular conduc tor, showin 'itboth sides 11 Fig. 6 is an elevation oi the front end oPthe conductor. 7 is a plan of the conductor. Fi 8 is a elevation of a clamp for securing t e conductor in position. i

Sfmilar'nnmerals and letters indicate like parts in the "several views.

The conductor 1, is made of thin sheet metal, and of a suitable thickness for entering the space between the seat and bowl, and may be secured in position on the bowl top, or to suchother part as the particular style of fixtures makes necessary, one means being the clamp 2, (see in Fig. 1)., or it may be secured by a nail or screw through the hole 3 in the end of the tube 4. In Fig. 3, a board ,8, (shown in section), is arranged, at the rear of seat, to which the seat is hinged, and to which the conductor is secured'with screw 8".

In using the clamp '2, the holes in the bowlsults, as the raising of the seat will in noway afiectthe conductor, excepting possibly to lessen thedraft of air into it, and the only additional fixture required will be a support to which the conductor can be secured.

The tube 4 is provided with a cover 5, adapted to fit either end of it. A pipe 6, is to be connected to the end of the tube most conveniently connected with a ventilating flue, and may run in any direction necessary for making said connection. For producing a suitable draft through the conductor, the space which is usually found between the bowl top 7 and seat 8,.is narrowed up by securing segments 9, around the seat just overthe bowl to and rubber cushions 10,

inserted in vsuitab e holes in the segments for" convex and the other concave so mellow them to be fitted; to seats of different curvature. the conductor sides are to be fitted to them.

Owing to-the form of some bowl tops and of their fixtures, it is necessary to apply the conductor the side up which is shown in the uppepone of Fig. 5, while in others, the lower onr is better litted for the place. The circumferenre of the tube upon one side of it forms a plain surf are with one of the wider sides of the rectangular conductor, for adapting the conductor to be used either side up, see Fig. 5.

11, indicates a packing piece which may sometimes be necessary for placing above or below the conductor for filling the space between the seat and bowl top at the rear of the bowl. 12, indicates the bowl, 13, a. pipe leading from a suitable tank for; flushing the bowl, 14, a feed pipe for the tank, 15, and 5, hinges for seats, 16, seat cover, 17, holes in bowl top for hinges.

Having described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent, y

1. A water closet ventilating device, consisting of a rectangular conductor ada )ted to be secured in position at the rear sid the bowl top between it and the seat but entirely disconnected therefrom, a tube of greater diameter than the de th of said conductor connecting transverse y thereof with. the rear end of said conductor and being integral therewith, the circumference of the tube at one side thereof being in the same plane as one side of said conduct or, and being adapted for use either side upward, one end of said tube being provided with a cover, and the other, adapted for connection with a pipe leading to a chimney or other suitable ventilating Iluo, substantially as described.

2., A water closet ventilating'deviee, eonsisting of a rectangular conductor adanted to be secured in positien'at the rear side of The ends of the segments adjoinlng' the bowl top between it and the seat but en.

tirely disconnected therefrom, a tube of reater diameter than the depth of said eonfiuetor connecting transversely thereof with the rear end of said conductor, the circumferenee of the tube at one side thereof being in the ,same plane as one side of said eonduetor and being integral therewith, and being adapted. for use either side upward, one end of said tube being provided with a cover, and the other, adapted for conncrtion with a pipe leading to a chimney, or other suitable ventilating flue, inrombination with a plurality of curved segmrnts, adapted to be secured to the under side of the seat, from one side of said conductor around the seat to the other side, the meeting ends of which segments are formed one convex and the other concave, for reserving a close joint between their meeting ends, when the segments are arranged within circles of different diameter, and rubber cushions fixed in. some of said se ments which reject below the same for earing upon bowl top, and leaving a space for the admission of air, around the front and sides of the bowl top, substan tially as set forth.

- 3. A water closet ventilating device, consisting of a conducting inclosure formed in. one piece, one part being adapted to be inserted between the water closet seat and bowl top, and being entirely disconnected from said seat, and another art being adapted for conne-etion with a pipe leading to a suitable ventilating flue, said two parts being of such form as to be capalde of use either side ofits widest dimension, upward,

as the design of the bowl top and its hxtures may require, substantially as described.

' ANlON T. .ldllCOKENBAOIl.

Witnesses: v i

J. F. GILLIZNGHA'M. 

